Archive for the ‘Lyrics by Sadanand Kamath’ Category
“Naubahaar” (1952) is a movie starring Ashok Kumar and Nalini Jaiwant. This movie was a musical block buster. I have posted a couple of songs from this movie in the past, and I need to post more songs from this movie.
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In 1950s and 1960s, there were some songs where kids would ask a lady to tell them a story and the lady would sing a sad song. In the song, she would tell the kids about her own sad story. I had posted such songs here from “Gumrah” and “Lajwanti” , where Mala Sinha and Nargis sing such songs.
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Kaun ho tum kaun ho
Posted on: June 29, 2009
This song from “Stree” (1961) comes as a whiff of fresh air to me. It is so refreshing to see a Bollywood song from a lyricist who knew the topics he was writing about. Bharat Vyas, who mostly wrote songs in mythological movies, knew his mythology well. Moreover, he was one of the few lyricists at that time (Pradeep being the other) who used textbook Hindi words in their lyrics.
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Bol meri taqdeer mein kya hai
Posted on: October 4, 2008
There are many occasions I am told that this particular song was so wonderful, and I nod my head sagely, though in reality I may not even have a clue what song is being talked about. For instance, I have been told that ” bol meri taqdeer me kya hai” from “Hariyali aur raasta” is a wonderful song. I nodded my head knowledgeably at this suggestion by Raja though I doubted I had ever heard this song.
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Atul’s Song A Day- A choice collection of Hindi Film & Non-Film Songs 
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